Welcome to Friday Night Smackdown and this week we are at the Dunkin’ Donuts Center in Providence, Rhode Island and we kick things off with Teddy Long in the ring and he welcomes everyone to Smackdown and says as many know, Vince McMahon has hired a new GM for Monday Night  Raw and his name is Brad Maddox. Long says he doesn’t know about Maddox’s qualifications but they’ve got to be better than Vickie Guerrero’s. Long says Mr. McMahon knows what he’s doing and he will be here later tonight and rumour has it that McMahon will be giving Teddy Long a job evaluation much like the one Vickie Guerrero recently had. Long then asks the WWE Universe if they think he’s been doing a good job and if they’d like to see him as permanent General Manager. Booker T then makes his return much to the dismay of Teddy Long who doesn’t look too happy. Booker thanks Long for filling in for him in his absence and says Long has done a helluva job but he’s back now and ready to resume his position as General Manager of Smackdown. Vince McMahon then comes out. Vince says the reason he came out is to make sure there’s no confusion nor any dissension between Booker T and Teddy Long. He says only one person can be in charge of Smackdown and it’s important for him to make his decision here tonight. He then asks Long if he were named General Manager of Smackdown how would Long impress everyone tonight. Long then makes a match with Curtis Axel vs Chris Jericho for the Intercontinental Championship. Booker T’s turn is next and he says the match he’d make for tonight would have to be Alberto Del Rio vs Randy Orton. Brad Maddox then comes out to the ring and asks to have a word with Vince. Maddox says he’s already been made GM of Raw but feels he should be the GM of Smackdown as well. Maddox also notes that tonight marks the return of Rob Van Dam to Friday Night Smackdown. The crowd starts an “RVD” chant. We get a drum roll and then Vince announces that the new permanent GM of Smackdown is Vickie Guerrero. Vickie comes out and thanks Vince McMahon and blames the WWE Universe for her being fired from Raw and for that she hates each and everyone of the WWE Universe. She says she’s back with power. There’s nothing anyone can do about it.

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Dolph Ziggler vs Jack Swagger

Quick roll up by Ziggler. Right hand by Swagger, Swagger misses with the clothesline.  Ziggler unloads on Swagger. Suplex by Swagger and a shoulderblock off the ropes. Ziggler with a dropkick. Swagger to the outside and Ziggler goes after him. Ziggler climbs back in and Cesaro cuts him off and delivers an uppercut. Referee Mike Chioda ejects Colter and Cesaro from ringside. Ziggler with another roll up. Sunset flip by Ziggler. Swagger into the Patriot Lock,  Ziggler counters and hits the ZigZag for the three count

The winner of the match: Dolph Ziggler

Post Match: Ziggler says last Monday he dumped AJand says he’s sorry. He’s sorry he didn’t do it a helluva lot sooner. AJ and Langston r looking on from backstage and AJ starts tearing the backstage area apart

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The Shield vs The Usos

The Usos come out and unload on The Shield but Dean Ambrose joins the fray and it’s a three on one until Mark Henry runs down to even up the odds

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Daniel Bryan vs Wade Barrett

Barrett misses with a clothesline. Bryan caught by Barrett and laid across the top turnbuckle. Forearm to the back. Kick to the ribs by Barrett. Barrett with a knee strike and backbreaker. Surfboard on Bryan. Bryan unloads with a series of kicks but gets caught by Barrett who lands a kick of his own. Barrett looking for the Winds Of Change and Bryan counters into the Yes Lock for the tap out

The winner of the match: Daniel Bryan

Backstage: Brad Maddox congratulates Vickie and says it’s funny how things come full circle since they’re both the GM’s of their respective shows. Vickie extends her hand to shake Maddox’s but slaps him instead.

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MizTV

Miz welcomes everyone to MizTV and introduces his guest Paul Heyman. Heyman walks out and Miz says he has tons of questions but knows Heyman is just going to lie or bend the truth so he has nothing to say to or ask Heyman and says he’s beneath contempt and gives Heyman the floor to say whatever he wants. Heyman says he is merely an advocate.However, his client Brock Lesnar is a merciless emissary of suffering with his sights set squarely on CM Punk. Lesnar has no conscience whatsoever. Heyman says no one knows how hard this is for him because he still has love in his heart for his former best friend. He then offers a public plea to CM Punk and tells him to stay down and go home. Heyman tells Punk to leave the WWE Universe behind and lick his wounds and never even think about getting up again because if he ever shows his face again Brock Lesnar will take his acts as a spiteful act of provocation and he will be dealt with by the Beast Incarnate Brock Lesnar. Miz says he knows why Heyman lies, because when he tells the truth and shows his real self, it’s even uglier than the liar they’ve come to know and hate. Miz says he is revolted by Heyman’s face, tone and frame of mind and is revolted by the fact that Heyman swore on his children and still lied. Miz then drops the mic, gives Heyman a disgusted look and leaves.

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Intercontinental Championship: Curtis Axel vs Chris Jericho

Side headlock by Axel. Shoulderblock off the irish whip and Jericho hits a dropkick. Axel sent to the floor with a clothesline. Baseball slide to the outside by Jericho. Jericho to the top rope and an elbow to Axel. Axel working over the arm. Flying elbow by Jericho. Northern Lights suplex to Axel. Clothesline to the back of the head by Axel. Crossbody from the top rope by Jericho. Code Breaker countered by Axel into a powerbomb.

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Jericho hits the ring post shoulder first. Slam by Axel. Axel misses with the elbow from the second rope. Series of shoulder tackles by Jericho. Enziguri to the back of the head by Jericho. Running bulldog countered by Axel. Axel hits The Perfect Twist. Axel misses with the dropkick, Jericho hits the Lionsault. Jericho goes for the double axehandle but Axel catches him with a boot. Axel goes for the PerfectPlex but Jericho counters into The Walls Of Jericho. Heyman climbs on the apron for the distraction. Axel with a roll up, Jericho locks in the Walls Of Jericho. Crossbody to the outside onto Axel. Axel hits the Hangman’s facebuster for the three count

The winner of the match: Curtis Axel

Post Match: Ryback walks out and picks Jericho up. Jericho fights back but Ryback delivers the Meat Hook clothesline and follows it with Shell Shocked

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Damien Sandow is in the ring and he quotes Ghandi saying “The weak cannot forgive. Forgiveness is an attribute of the strong”. He then says he wants to clarify something. This past Sunday in the MIITB ladder match for the World Heavyweight Championship contract it was every man for himself and everyone knew this. And despite what everyone have been saying or chanting, he did not screw Cody Rhodes. This begs another question. Why did his best friend do what he did this past Monday night on Raw. The crowd starts chanting “Cody” and Sandow calls them slackjaw mouth breathers and says he will not react to this the way they would. He is not going condemn or spit hateful rhetoric towards Cody Rhodes because that’s what separates the intellectual saviour from the unwashed masses. He says he and Rhodes are both gentlemen and civilized and most of all they are still best friends. He then gives Rhodes the opportunity to come out and explain himself so they can get past this.  Sandow then says he forgives Rhodes for acting out in anger. He may have prevented Rhodes from winning MITB but would like to rectify it by offering an olive branch. He then says he would like to bestow upon Rhodes the honour of being protector of the case and until he is prepared to cash in his briefcase Rhodes will be responsible directly for its protection and safety. Sandow says Rhodes earned it and hands him the briefcase. Rhodes blasts Sandow in the head with the briefcase and attacks him.

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RVD vs Darren Young

Side headlock by Young. Back kick by RVD and a moonsault onto Young. Crossbody to the outside onto Young. RVD with the Rolling Thunder but O’Neil providing the distraction as Young hits a clothesline to the back of the head.  High kick by RVD and a crossbody from the second rope. Clothesline by RVD and a roundhouse. Clothesline by Young. RVD hits the Rolling Thunder onto Young. Kick by RVD to Young, kick to O’Neil and the Five Star Frog Splash for the three count

The winner of the match: Rob Van Dam

We get the Raw Rebound from Monday Night and the second appearance by the Wyatt Family.

Backstage: Vickie is on the phone and Teddy Long walks into her office and Vickie has security escort him out of the building and she says next time he wants to come to Smackdown to buy a ticket.

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Randy Orton vs Alberto Del Rio

Headbutts by Orton and a clothesline in the corner. Orton with the 10 punch. Dropkick by Orton. Del Rio with the cross armbreaker in the ropes. Orton thrown shoulder first into the ringpost. Kick to the head by Del Rio. Del Rio continues working on the shoulder. Del Rio with an irish whip and Orton floats over rolling up Del Rio. Del Rio with a kick to the injured shoulder. Del Rio dropped rib first off the barricade. Orton whipped into the steel steps. Del Rio on the top rope caught mid-air with a dropkick to the jaw. Orton with a series of clotheslines. Orton misses with the powerslam. Del Rio with the cross armbreaker. Orton with the backbreaker. Del Rio counters the DDT and hits an enziguri to the back of the head sending Orton to the floor. Del Rio mocking Orton looking for an RKO but Orton counters with the powerslam. Del Rio back to the arm. Orton hits the DDT. Del Rio counters the RKO and hits the backstabber. Del Rio with the cross armbreaker but Orton rolls through and hits the RKO for the three count

The winner of the match: Randy Orton

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